Mind Soup

Population Forecast up to 2050 1- The world currently has 6.9 billion people. It is projected to hit 10 billion people in the year 2050! (right) 2- Parents in Denmark must choose from a list of 7,000 pre-approved names for their babies! 3- The FDA allows an average of 30 insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter. 4- Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy  and that comics of him were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers. 5- In Moscow, weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting. 6- You can cure a stomach ache if you lie on your left side for 5 minutes. The stomach is on the left side, the oesophagus enters it on the right and therefore gas bubbles can rise and allow you to burp. 7- A sharon fruit  (Kharma in Arabic) is a persimmon that has been artificially ripened. No, I had no idea what a persimmon was either.

Have you seen every single episode of Lost multiple times? Do you have complex theories about time travel? If so, then, like many other devoted fans, you might be addicted to Lost. But how can you be sure? We have a list of 42 signs that you are a confirmed Lost addict. See how many you have to diagnose your addiction. 1. You might be a Lost addict if...you play 4-8-15-16-23-42 in the lottery every week. 2. You might be a Lost addict if...you call your bedroom "The Hatch." 3. You might be a Lost addict if...you request to sit in seat 23B, just like Jack, every time you're on an airplane. 4. You might be a Lost addict if...you'd never vote for President Ob A ma again if he'd preempted Lost with the State of the Union address. 5. You might be a Lost addict if...you used the data in the Lamp Post to try and triangulate where the Island is. 6. You might be a Lost addict if...your Valentine's Day gift for your gi...

I will be starting this trend of stating 7 things I did not know the week before each week. I think it might be a good idea and people will get to know small things that they might not have known before, so here goes: 1. Fasting for 16 hours before your breakfast in a new time zone can override the body's sleep clock . This can also work with other irregular sleep patterns. 2. You can go to Gmail in Firefox by typing the letter g in the address bar and hitting Enter. 3. Twitter only lets its users retrieve the last 3,200 updates they’ve entered into the system. 4. The word 'avocado' comes from the Aztec 'ahuacatl' meaning tescicle . 5. Anatidaephobia is the fear of being watched by a duck. 6. You must be registered blind to work as a massage therapist in South Korea . 7. Peanuts are often used as an ingredient the production of explosives.